Holder for manifold sales-books.



' E. J. CARTER.

HOLDER FOR MANIFOLD SALES BOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.I7| 1911.

1,165,7Q8, Patent-ed Dec. 28, 1915.

llTElD @TATEd PATENT @ltlh EMORY J. CARTER, OF FREMONT, OZ-I10, A$SIGNORTO THE SIMPLE ACCOUNT gALES- BOOK COMPANY, OF FREMONT, OHIO, ACORPORATION OF OHIO.

HOLDER FOR MANIFOLD SALES-BOOKS.

Application filed April 17, 1911.

To all whom it may Concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY J. CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for ManifoldSales-Books; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the are to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, and. to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a holder for manifold sales-books or salespads,and is designed to furnish a neat, durable, compact means for retainingblocks of sales-slips or memorand in order and in convenient form forready use.

My invention relates, more particularly, to a holder composed of sheetmetal provided with means for engaging and retaining the pad; providedalso with means for holding in place a card for memoranda of sales orthe like; provided also with means for holding apart the retainedundetached duplicates of sales-slips; provided also with means fordetachably holding a sheet of carbon paper independently of the pad andin such manner that the carbon sheet may, at will, be readily andconveniently removed and renewed, and provided also with a hinged coveror lid which, when open, forms a convenient writing surface.

I attain the objects here indicated by means of the devices,construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and shownand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my holder with the lid or coverelevated and with the pad broken away to show the device for detachablysecuring the carbon sheet in place; Fig. 2, a transverse sectionalelevation of the carbon sheet holder in place, and Fig. 3, an end-viewof my holder with a pad in place and with the lid slightly elevated.

Corresponding numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout thedrawings.

In the drawings, 1 is a flat rectangular metal sheet having one end 2and one side 3 turned up to form flanges of a height slightly greaterthan the thickness of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Serial No. 621,448.

pad to be held. The remaining side and end are open.

i is a sheet metal cover hinged at one end to the top of the flangedportion 2. The hinged parts are operatively connected by means of apintle which is turned at one end, as at 6, and then l'iackwardly, at T,and then outwardly, as at 8. The pintle fits in its bearing with a closelit and when. the extended finger 8 is pressed against the inner side ofthe lid the retained undetaehed duplicates of sales'sl ps may, by thepressure of the finger, be held together and in place against the lidand out of the way.

The side-margins of the lid are turned inwardly parallel with the planeof the lid, as at 9, to form grooves 10 for the reception of the marginsof inemoranduni-card 11. The margin of the back 1, opposite the flange3, is turned inwardly, as at 12, to form a groove 13 for the receptionof the margin of the card-board back 1stof the pad. The upturned flange3 is, at top, turned inwardly and downwardly, as at 15, to form a groovefor the reception of the upper margin of a strip 16,of sheet metal orother suitable material,which is of slightly less width than the heightof the flange At its outer end the strip 16 is turned, as at 17, to forma finger-hold by means of which the strip may be drawn from its groove.

18 is a sheet of carbon paper having. one of its side-margins foldedabout the strip 16, so that when the strip is in place the carbon sheetis securely held in place until the strip 16 is removed from its groove.The strip 16, with its accompanying carbon sheet, being in place, thepad-back 1a is slipped into place in groove 13, as above described, andthe device is now ready for use in a manner which will be understoodwithout further description. The plate 1, at its free uniianged end, isnotched, as indicated in dotted lines at 1 to furnish a finger-hold tofacilitate the slipping of the pad into and out of the holder.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is;-

1. A manifolding device comprising a rectangular sheet metal platehaving a flanged member adapted for engagement with the back of a paperpad, means for securing to said sheet metal plate a sheet of manifoldingpaper, a lid which forms a cover for such pad and a hinge connectingsaid plate and lid and. including a pintle extended and bent to form amember for holding certain leaves of such pad against the lid.

2. In a manifolding device, a sheet metal plate having at one of itsmargins a grooved flange, a metal strip detachably engaged With saidgroove, a carbon sheet engaged With said strip, said sheet metal platehav ing at its opposite margin a groove, and a pad engaged with saidlatter groove and in cooperative relation with said carbon sheet.

3. A device of the described character comprising a rectangular sheetmetal plate having at one of its margins an upturned grooved flange,having also at its opposite margin an inwardly turned flange forming agroove, having also at one end an upturned flange, a strip in the groovefirst mentioned, a carbon sheet engaged with said strip, a pad havingthe margin of its back engaged With said inwardly turned flange, a lidhinged to said upturned end-flange, said lid having at opposite marginsgrooves for the reception-of a card, and a pintle forming part of saidhinge, said pintle being turned baclnvardly to overlap the inner surfaceof the lid. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

EMORY J. CARTER.

ld itnesses C. W. STIERWALT, E. M. OPI'ENHEIMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. U.

